Latitude And Longitude

Question 1

Latitude

Answer 1

The angular distance of a place north or south of the earth’s equator, or of the equator of a celestial object, usually expressed in degrees and minutes. Lines of latitude run horizontally.

Question 2

Longitude

Answer 2

The angular distance of a place east or west of the Greenwich meridian, or west of the standard meridian of a celestial object, usually expressed in degrees and minutes. Lines of longitude run vertically.